*Now £475* Fender Player Precision 2021, 75th anniversary Black & Maple with CS62 Pickup upgrade & gig bag - *SOLD* £575 Southport / North West

[dmc79]

SOLD
 

Price drop to £475

 

For sale, absolutely no trade offers whatsoever please, and yes I really mean that. 

 

2021 Fender Player 75th anniversary Precision bass, in black / black / maple, 34” long scale, right handed, with upgraded pickups, knobs & wiring, and gig bag. 

 

Before I go any further as I know how important this can be, it weighs 3.9Kg / 8.6lbs on my digital luggage scale. It’s still a big ol’ chunk of wood, but lighter than every USA P I’ve had and balances well. 

 

It’s in excellent condition as you can see from the photos, has been well looked after (always in hard case when not being played) & is very shiny! There are no dings, paint chips, chunks out of the neck or headstock nibbles. The only minor cosmetic blemishes are: some scratching on the pickguard, 3 longish scratches on the back of the body below the cutaway (very hard to show well on photos as the body is so shiny that it just acts as a mirror!), and some small scratches looking down from the top of the body towards the pickguard, where I tried a trick I read about, which was to slightly unscrew 2 pickguard screws and slide a pick into the gap. I put a Tortex wedge in there, then when I slid it out, that powdery coating stuff that’s on them when new left these scratch marks on the body (I won’t be doing that again!). I’m guessing these may be able to be polished out by someone who knows what they’re doing, but if you know anything about black basses, these marks really aren’t that bad compared to the battle scars than can and do end up on them, and only really noticeable in certain lights / angles anyway, but I’d rather mention these minor blemishes as I pride myself in honest descriptions. 

 

It has a really lovely gloss poly maple fingerboard with nice fast satin urethane finish on the back of the neck. Usual 1.625” P width nut. The neck profile is fantastic, and always felt ‘just right’ to me. It’s not scrawny, but far from baseball bat territory, very comfy on the hands. Front to back, with digital calipers, it measures 0.825” at the 1st fret, and 0.905” at the 12th fret. I’d say it’s the nicest Precision neck I’ve ever played, and this includes USA models. The fretboard edges are nicely rounded and smooth. I know this isn’t always the case with Mexican Ps, but it genuinely feels as smooth and round as a USA neck to me. I’m actually quite sad to see it go generally, but especially for how nicely the neck plays. It has a Fender 75th anniversary logo on the back of the headstock, which is a nice touch. 

 

It’s strung with GHS Pressurewound M7200 (44-106) rollerwound ‘Alloy 52’ strings with plenty of life left in them. They are smooth and really sing. If you don’t want them, I can keep them &  put some nickel rounds on instead, just let me know. Stock open gear tuners & bridge. 

 

Pickups have been upgraded to the excellent Fender Custom Shop CS62s. Box included. Wiring upgraded to USA specs via a Northwest Guitars Precision bass wiring kit: 250K CTS pots, 0.047uf orange drop capacitor & switchcraft jack. Great full range of tones compared to the stock pots. Knobs upgraded to Fender Tele / P chrome, knurled flat top knobs (099-13600-000) to fit the 1/4 inch pots, as the stock knobs were slippery & not very good. It has a non Fender 3-ply BWB pickguard. Please note I no longer have the stock pickups, wiring, knobs & pickguard, so these are not included in the sale.

 

Feel free to check my Basschat feedback & PM me if you want to buy it or need more photos. It’s set up with a nice low to medium action & the truss rod turns as it should. It’s sold as seen and described, with the inspection tag but otherwise no paperwork or tools. Serial number shows 2021, I’ve run it through the Fender serial number lookup, and it shows as registered May 2021, see photos for spec sheet. 

 

I bought this bass in person from an eBay seller in January 2023, her son got it new & had barely played it as ended up with a different bass. They even kept the tag, which is included here. I paid £480 for this, and have spent £145 on upgrades (pickups 100, wiring loom, pots & knobs 45). It hasn’t been heavily gigged, so I think £575 is a fair price for a great condition P bass with top upgrades (& a free gig bag). I’d go as far as to say that this upgraded beast with a delightful neck and relatively light weight (for a Precision) is an outrageous bargain considering the price of a new American Pro 2 these days. 

 

I’ve owned this for a year and a half, which is quite something given the basses that have ‘passed through’ the last few years. Every time I tried anything (including dabbling in short scale), I always came back to this one. I’m a little sad to be selling it, as it’s easily as good as any USA P I’ve had, but my holy grail bass has finally come up, so I have no choice. If money wasn’t an issue (it is), I’d love to be keeping it. I’m certain that someone will be very happy with this bass. 

 

I have no box or packing materials, so am listing this as collection only from Southport. I work near St. Helens, so could meet up in that area too, or somewhere in the North West within reason. There is no hard case included in the sale, but I can hand it over in a basic padded gig bag, which from doing a lot of googling I think is a Traditional Strat / Tele bag, it fits fine, but has no straps even though there are clips for them, just carry handles, 8mm padding and a pocket. 

 

No timewasters please and absolutely no trade offers whatsoever. Hoping to sell this to an established Basschatter. 
 

Edit: Sorry must have missed this when posted the ad, think I caught this partially on one pic, but forgot to mention it, there is a 1cm scratch / scrape mark on the floor-facing edge of the lower horn, just added a final pic showing it. Not visible when playing unless you plan on playing it upside down! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 2 by dmc79
SOLD

[petecarlton]

Bassist's fingernails! 🤣

[Si-Fi]

I regret selling my Player Series Precision. Could do with another one.

 

[EJWW]

That is a cracking bass, particularly with the pickup upgrade. I love the feel of the player series satin finish necks. Probably the best classic colour/fretboard combo too. 

GLWTS

[Jackroadkill]

I bought a bass from Dave and can attest to his being a great seller.

 

[dmc79]

Price drop to £550. I could do with this out of the way, it might have to hit eBay soon

[dmc79]

I'm starting to stress about some impending bills and need this sold ASAP, I will make a final price drop to £500 (collected from Southport or St.Helens area / North West meet up), which I think is a remarkable price for a bass with great upgrades and a lovely neck which to me plays as well as, or better than, a USA P bass. I absolutely will not go below this price, as they sell for around this without upgrades. 

 

If it doesn't sell at this price very soon, I will put it on eBay at an increased price to cover the fees. I would much rather it go to an established Basschatter though. 

Edited July 14 by dmc79

[Eldon Tyrell]

Great looking bass with some tasty upgrades, incl. better pots and the Fender CS 62 pickup. Weight is good too (3.9kg!).

£500? Wow, that's a steal. I recently sold my last passive bass but this is now really, really tempting. I better ask my wife to block my bank account and hide my credit card 😉

 

GLWTS 👍

[dmc79]

Open to sensible offers (collected from Southport or St.Helens area / North West meet up). Genuinely surprised this is still here after nearly a month. Also now on eBay with several watchers & 'best offer' enabled. 

[dmc79]

Tough crowd. Now a crazy £475 collected. Just under what I paid for it & with significant upgrades which buyer is pretty much getting for free.
 

If I sound desperate it’s because I am, I need rid of this ASAP, there’s a very good chance I’ll offer UK shipping soon if I can get a box and some packing materials. 

 

 

[pst62]

Can't believe it's still here, great basses  if I didn't already have one....

 

[Jackroadkill]

I really don't need this bass, but at that price I wish I did.

[dmc79]

This is now sold. Thanks to Basschat & buyer